No religion can be considered in abstraction from its followers, or even from its various types of followers.

No one who achieves success does so without acknowledging the help of others. The wise and confident acknowledge this help with gratitude.

The art of progress is to preserve order amid change and to preserve change amid order.

If a dog jumps into your lap, it is because he is fond of you; but if a cat does the same thing, it is because your lap is warmer.

There are no whole truths: All truths are half-truths.

Not ignorance, but ignorance of ignorance, is the death of knowledge.

Religion is the last refuge of human savagery.

Philosophy begins in wonder. And, at the end, when philosophic thought has done its best, the wonder remains.

...the self-satisfied dogmatism with which mankind at each period of its history cherishes the delusion of the finality of existing modes of knowledge.

Knowledge shrinks as wisdom grows.

Symbolism is no mere idle fancy or corrupt degeneration: it is inherent in the very texture of human life.

If you have seen darkness, you will appreciate the dawn of light.

I play the harmonica. The only way I can play is if I get my car going really fast, and stick it out the window.

I kind of do it in my head, then I'll try pieces of it on stage and if it looks promising, I'll put it together.

If it looks stupid on a rooster, it's probably gonna look stupid on you.

Mao appears to be quite free from symptoms of megalomania, but he has a deep sense of personal dignity, and something about him suggests a power of ruthless decision when he deems it necessary.

Deadly nightshade is the only plant I have ever been able to get to grow for me.

People tell me there are a lot of guys like me, which doesn't explain why I'm lonely.

I don't recommend being a bachelor, but it helps if you want to write.

We have to build the Republic of Heaven where we are, because for us there is no elsewhere.

I wasn't prepared for this big room with clattering typewriters and teletype printers. You could hardly hear yourself think.